Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 10 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passages.
Imogen Cunningham was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the end of the nineteenth century. She spent her life making loving photographic portraits of people in the cities where she lived. At the end of her life she made stirring portraits of people who were, as she put it, "alive and kicking." She photographed many people in their nineties like Old Norton in his shack and the nursing home resident feeling forgotten and forlorn, for whom the main challenge of life was merely to live through each day.
-adapted from Kornblum, Sociology in a Changing World , p. 366
What inference can be made from this reading?
A)Cunningham took photos of animals as well as people.
B)Old Norton was probably very poor.
C)Cunningham was born in Scranton.
D)Cunningham was also a painter.

Question

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 10 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passages. ​
Imogen Cunningham was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the end of the nineteenth century. She spent her life making loving photographic portraits of people in the cities where she lived. At the end of her life she made stirring portraits of people who were, as she put it, "alive and kicking." She photographed many people in their nineties like Old Norton in his shack and the nursing home resident feeling forgotten and forlorn, for whom the main challenge of life was merely to live through each day.
-adapted from Kornblum, Sociology in a Changing World , p. 366
​ What inference can be made from this reading?
A)Cunningham took photos of animals as well as people.
B)Old Norton was probably very poor.
C)Cunningham was born in Scranton.
D)Cunningham was also a painter.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The passage mentions Old Norton living in a shack, which implies he was probably very poor, as a shack is typically a small, crudely built structure, suggesting limited financial means.

Directions: Apply the Knowledge You Have Gained from Chapter 10